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Front End


8 Midas Displays partners with CLAF to expand power supply solutions for UK customers


9 Charcroft expands franchise portfolio and strengthens fi eld-based engineering team


10 Power averaging for counter-UAS systems delivers speed and reliability 12 Why are electronic components rising in price?


Semiconductors 14 Keeping HGV braking systems connected Interconnection Supplement: Instrumentation & Electronics Awards 15 Meet the fi nalists Aerospace, Military & Defence Focus


22 Command and control: the data challenge behind building unmanned systems at scale


24 Connector specifi cation for never-fail systems 26 Connector solutions for complex C41SR systems


27 High-performance connectivity solutions for aerospace and defence applications


Display Technology 28 Transfl ective TFT vs transmissive TFT displays


30 Seeing through the hype: choosing the right transparent display technology


38 How quick disconnect connectors ensure reliable liquid cooling systems in AI data centres


Wearable Electronics 40 The growing importance of precision timing in wearable design EMC & Circuit Protection 42 Understanding harmonics and the art of harmonic fi lters


Optoelectronics


32 Yokogawa optical spectrum analyser supports ultra-compact visible- laser validation and quality control at Integrated Optics


33 Topology imprinting advances nonlinear metasurface photonics Power


34 Transient modelling and loop stability in spaceborne eGaN HEMT low- dropout regulators under total ionizing dose


36 Choosing between isolated and non-isolated DC-DC converters


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4 September 2026


Components in Electronics


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